Living liminally means cultivating an inner compartment where the self is both participant and archivist. Erotic ascesis: the slow ritual of concealing and half-unveiling, the thrill that lives in the seam. No audience required. Only the exquisite asymmetry between what the mirror knows and what the world is permitted.
The threshold itself becomes the beloved.
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Towering Inferno
I don’t normally write about music any more, but I feel compelled to write about the new Boards of Canada album, Inferno. It has far exceeded my expectations. I can’t remember the last time I was so immediately hooked on an album — 15 or 20 years ago, or longer.
Beltane Reflection – Standing in the Fire: Sacred Endurance in Pagan Spirituality
Beltane Arc: This essay assumes action has begun and remains, following the commitments named in Choosing What to Feed: Pagan Discernment Around Energy and Growth. With one week left before Beltane, the season tightens in a way I can feel in my body. What I have noticed, I have fed. What I have fed has begun to take form. The room for reconsideration hasn’t vanished, but it has narrowed into something sharper than preference. At this point, asking what I want feels beside the point.The […]https://pagangrove.wordpress.com/2026/04/29/standing-in-the-fire/
The Liminal Dweller
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